• Viceversa@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Considering the circumstances in which the term was originally coined

    The Original lolcow is Chris Chan, who was baited dozens of times by trolls into doing ridiculous things on camera at 4chan in the /cow/ board.
    Thus, the term lolcow.

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      2 days ago

      Which means that people who find baiting “lolcows” funny are 4chan types by default. Therefore, unless the context tells me otherwise, just uttering the term is a ginormous red flag for me.

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        2 days ago

        That also casts a doubt in your claim of the term coinage.

        Which means that people who find baiting “lolcows” funny are 4chan types by default.

        How? What is your line of reasoning here?

        Therefore, unless the context tells me otherwise

        Now you suddenly care not only about the origin of the term, but about context also?